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any tiny error in your calculation could have easily multiplied so you have to make sure your numbers are exact.
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cheese wrote:any tiny error in your calculation could have easily multiplied so you have to make sure your numbers are exact.
Also, calculate all the true values experimentally. Each part has some tolerance, and these build up, and make your theoretical calculations inaccurate.
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I'd like to implement adjustable steering in my buggy for next year. So in the video below, Nestor revealed his secret of caliper steering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKC8MYRgflI
Would I be able to use this kind of steering without the electronic caliper?
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Its the same thing as the threaded rod steering thing, its just implemented thru the pillow block instead of the entire chassis as a whole
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MadCow2357 wrote:I'd like to implement adjustable steering in my buggy for next year. So in the video below, Nestor revealed his secret of caliper steering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKC8MYRgflI
Would I be able to use this kind of steering without the electronic caliper?
Dial calipers are not electronic.
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Oh OK!!! I will definitely do more research into caliper steering then.
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Did many of the national teams use scopes? Or just align it through 1 stick and wood dowel?

Any other interesting out of the box thinking?
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builder83 wrote:Did many of the national teams use scopes? Or just align it through 1 stick and wood dowel?

Any other interesting out of the box thinking?
Yeah, they used rifle scopes. I should have thought of that ;) . Would rifle scopes still be useful next year, even though there will probably a curving component?
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MadCow2357 wrote:
builder83 wrote:Did many of the national teams use scopes? Or just align it through 1 stick and wood dowel?

Any other interesting out of the box thinking?
Yeah, they used rifle scopes. I should have thought of that ;) . Would rifle scopes still be useful next year, even though there will probably a curving component?
Yes you still need to aim towards something when you set up your vehicle to curve. I used a laser with my EV, but a rifle scope does the same thing.
For reference, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all used lasers to aim EV in 2017 at nats (idk about the rest, I just happened to be friends with 1, 3, and 4)
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windu34 wrote:
MadCow2357 wrote:
builder83 wrote:Did many of the national teams use scopes? Or just align it through 1 stick and wood dowel?

Any other interesting out of the box thinking?
Yeah, they used rifle scopes. I should have thought of that ;) . Would rifle scopes still be useful next year, even though there will probably a curving component?
Yes you still need to aim towards something when you set up your vehicle to curve. I used a laser with my EV, but a rifle scope does the same thing.
For reference, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all used lasers to aim EV in 2017 at nats (idk about the rest, I just happened to be friends with 1, 3, and 4)
Please note that for BB, you must use a non-electric sighting / aiming device. So no lasers.
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